A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

The Only Solution..

Is Pain Solution!

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Håvve Fjell (featured in the video) adds this..

“I should mention that Pain Solution has been granted funding from the Norwegian Cultural Council to produce a play combining classic sideshow and self-torture for the theatre scene. My aim is to strengthen the genre I work with in the cultural landscape, bringing it up and out from the underground. Freak show for the people!

Also, I have started a Fakir school in order to educate the next generation, and shape artists I can work with in the future.”

Comments

156 responses to “The Only Solution..”

  1. Raevyn Avatar

    Sooooooooooo much respect for this dude! And i’m really happy to hear they have funding now! thats excellant!

  2. Raevyn Avatar

    Sooooooooooo much respect for this dude! And i’m really happy to hear they have funding now! thats excellant!

  3. Greta Avatar
    Greta

    Way to intensly scary for me, but I am still glad that it’s getting funded.

  4. Greta Avatar
    Greta

    Way to intensly scary for me, but I am still glad that it’s getting funded.

  5. Greta Avatar
    Greta

    Way to intensly scary for me, but I am still glad that it’s getting funded.

  6. iamHARDCORE Avatar

    Getting funding is so awsome, we would be doing it wihtout it, but it realy makes things a bit easier.
    Next generation here we come:D

  7. iamHARDCORE Avatar

    Getting funding is so awsome, we would be doing it wihtout it, but it realy makes things a bit easier.
    Next generation here we come:D

  8. iamHARDCORE Avatar

    Getting funding is so awsome, we would be doing it wihtout it, but it realy makes things a bit easier.
    Next generation here we come:D

  9. Bean Avatar

    I love it all, especially the suspension at the end 🙂

  10. Bean Avatar

    I love it all, especially the suspension at the end 🙂

  11. Bean Avatar

    I love it all, especially the suspension at the end 🙂

  12. Em Avatar
    Em

    I want a male fire-eater in a loincloth. 🙂

    See, the Scandinavian countries are amazing. In the USA they wouldn’t get funding, in the UK they’d have to be black, female, underprivileged and preferably missing a few limbs… which would probably make some of that stuff difficult.

  13. Em Avatar
    Em

    I want a male fire-eater in a loincloth. 🙂

    See, the Scandinavian countries are amazing. In the USA they wouldn’t get funding, in the UK they’d have to be black, female, underprivileged and preferably missing a few limbs… which would probably make some of that stuff difficult.

  14. Em Avatar
    Em

    I want a male fire-eater in a loincloth. 🙂

    See, the Scandinavian countries are amazing. In the USA they wouldn’t get funding, in the UK they’d have to be black, female, underprivileged and preferably missing a few limbs… which would probably make some of that stuff difficult.

  15. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    So beautiful. So intense. I’d love to do a suspension like that with chains hanging off me.

  16. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    So beautiful. So intense. I’d love to do a suspension like that with chains hanging off me.

  17. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    So beautiful. So intense. I’d love to do a suspension like that with chains hanging off me.

  18. joe Avatar
    joe

    wow it was an amazing video! i m longing for the day when things like this will be a part of our everyday lives!

  19. joe Avatar
    joe

    wow it was an amazing video! i m longing for the day when things like this will be a part of our everyday lives!

  20. joe Avatar
    joe

    wow it was an amazing video! i m longing for the day when things like this will be a part of our everyday lives!

  21. CORPUS VILI Avatar
    CORPUS VILI

    it’s beautiful…very beautiful

  22. CORPUS VILI Avatar
    CORPUS VILI

    it’s beautiful…very beautiful

  23. CORPUS VILI Avatar
    CORPUS VILI

    it’s beautiful…very beautiful

  24. akibare Avatar
    akibare

    >>30

    I knew how a bed of nails works, too, but always imagined (still do!) that getting on and OFF the bed of nails would be tricky. You don’t want a small part of your body taking all your weight for very long!

    The movement here getting on and off of it, seems to be very carefully planned. That part, I’d think, would take practice, particularly to look good doing it at the same time!

  25. akibare Avatar
    akibare

    >>30

    I knew how a bed of nails works, too, but always imagined (still do!) that getting on and OFF the bed of nails would be tricky. You don’t want a small part of your body taking all your weight for very long!

    The movement here getting on and off of it, seems to be very carefully planned. That part, I’d think, would take practice, particularly to look good doing it at the same time!

  26. akibare Avatar
    akibare

    >>30

    I knew how a bed of nails works, too, but always imagined (still do!) that getting on and OFF the bed of nails would be tricky. You don’t want a small part of your body taking all your weight for very long!

    The movement here getting on and off of it, seems to be very carefully planned. That part, I’d think, would take practice, particularly to look good doing it at the same time!

  27. Veriki Avatar

    WoW! Very, very nice

  28. Veriki Avatar

    WoW! Very, very nice

  29. Veriki Avatar

    WoW! Very, very nice

  30. qwe Avatar
    qwe

    nothing interesting…
    Circus Mundus Absurdus – this is for real 🙂

  31. qwe Avatar
    qwe

    nothing interesting…
    Circus Mundus Absurdus – this is for real 🙂

  32. qwe Avatar
    qwe

    nothing interesting…
    Circus Mundus Absurdus – this is for real 🙂

  33. Dorian Antes Avatar
    Dorian Antes

    I made a bed for a performance once. Didn’t do the math and had too few nails. It hurt like hell at first, but once you settled in it was really nice. Gotta make a new one, cause I left it in the rain and it rusted.

  34. Dorian Antes Avatar
    Dorian Antes

    I made a bed for a performance once. Didn’t do the math and had too few nails. It hurt like hell at first, but once you settled in it was really nice. Gotta make a new one, cause I left it in the rain and it rusted.

  35. Dorian Antes Avatar
    Dorian Antes

    I made a bed for a performance once. Didn’t do the math and had too few nails. It hurt like hell at first, but once you settled in it was really nice. Gotta make a new one, cause I left it in the rain and it rusted.

  36. Deedee Avatar
    Deedee

    WOW!!! This is my favorite video ever posted on modblog so far. That was amazing….& I’ll admit too that it was a turn on! lol
    I’ve honestly never heard of Pain Solution before this, but now that they’ve recieved funding, I hope they can at some point become an international travelling group! I’d love to see them live. I think they’d do really great!

    btw, I love how at the end Håvve looks like a piece of art….beautiful!!!

  37. Deedee Avatar
    Deedee

    WOW!!! This is my favorite video ever posted on modblog so far. That was amazing….& I’ll admit too that it was a turn on! lol
    I’ve honestly never heard of Pain Solution before this, but now that they’ve recieved funding, I hope they can at some point become an international travelling group! I’d love to see them live. I think they’d do really great!

    btw, I love how at the end Håvve looks like a piece of art….beautiful!!!

  38. Deedee Avatar
    Deedee

    WOW!!! This is my favorite video ever posted on modblog so far. That was amazing….& I’ll admit too that it was a turn on! lol
    I’ve honestly never heard of Pain Solution before this, but now that they’ve recieved funding, I hope they can at some point become an international travelling group! I’d love to see them live. I think they’d do really great!

    btw, I love how at the end Håvve looks like a piece of art….beautiful!!!

  39. CutThroat Avatar

    Seems weird to me, to take an act that is supposed to be high impact, and perform it at a pace that minimizes that. So slllowww!

    I do however, like seeing any circus sideshow outside of North America.

  40. CutThroat Avatar

    Seems weird to me, to take an act that is supposed to be high impact, and perform it at a pace that minimizes that. So slllowww!

    I do however, like seeing any circus sideshow outside of North America.

  41. CutThroat Avatar

    Seems weird to me, to take an act that is supposed to be high impact, and perform it at a pace that minimizes that. So slllowww!

    I do however, like seeing any circus sideshow outside of North America.

  42. MissDuveaux Avatar

    burning of the head is awsomly done…
    respect for that!

  43. MissDuveaux Avatar

    burning of the head is awsomly done…
    respect for that!

  44. MissDuveaux Avatar

    burning of the head is awsomly done…
    respect for that!

  45. Nikki Avatar

    That was amazing.

  46. Nikki Avatar

    That was amazing.

  47. Nikki Avatar

    That was amazing.

  48. Girl Avatar

    #32 – Its just one “dude” – Havve

    #48 – Its being played in slo-mo! I can assure you that his show is at the exact right pace to give the ultimate impact. I saw him here in the UK a couple of years back and not only was the show amazing but Havve is a wonderful friendly & generous man.

    Good luck for the future Pain Solution 🙂

  49. Girl Avatar

    #32 – Its just one “dude” – Havve

    #48 – Its being played in slo-mo! I can assure you that his show is at the exact right pace to give the ultimate impact. I saw him here in the UK a couple of years back and not only was the show amazing but Havve is a wonderful friendly & generous man.

    Good luck for the future Pain Solution 🙂

  50. Girl Avatar

    #32 – Its just one “dude” – Havve

    #48 – Its being played in slo-mo! I can assure you that his show is at the exact right pace to give the ultimate impact. I saw him here in the UK a couple of years back and not only was the show amazing but Havve is a wonderful friendly & generous man.

    Good luck for the future Pain Solution 🙂

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